Lip Lift

I can almost smile normally but I can tell the stitches need more time to dissolve! Maybe another 2 or 3 months. I attribute the inner stitches to the tugging you see on my skin when I smile- I haven't asked Dr. Mascaro but I feel this is normal and will go away. You can see it has slowly improved.
My incision site itches every now and then. I believe that is because the stitches are dissolving.
Some days my scar looks invisible! But when I am very cold it gets red blue and more noticeable. I added another post op comparison pic also for front view. Love it!
Also, multiple people ask me if my speech changed. No! The first few months I was careful about talking because I didn't want to pull anything. So yes I talked softer. But unless your doctor accidentally cuts too much off and prevents you from pursing your lips to make a P or a B sound, you are fine! Also people asked if my lips move less. YES MY LIPS MOVE LESS. Just barely. Why? My philtrum is shorter. I have less skin now. If your philtrum was so short that your lip was stapled to your nose, it would barely move. So the shorter your skin is the less it can move. Saggy skin can move more also. It doesnt bother me and I don't see anything wrong with it so long as I can talk. I think people who naturally have short philtrums can't stretch them out a lot while they talk either.
Dr. Mascaro does a check to make sure the amount he cuts off will not cause you to strain so much to close your mouth. This avoids speech issues to my understanding.

I stand by my wish i had gone shorter, but this procedure was very worth it. I need to keep reminding myself and give me a pat on the back for choosing a safer length ahahah! Couldashouldawoulda right?
My philtrum sits at 11.5mm exactly what Dr. Mascaro measured me at day 10ish. I started with 17.5mm. I wanted 6.5mm removed plus a tad extra (I assumed 7 to 7.5mm in upright position would actually be removed)...but it didn't quite end up that way so a heads up to those out there.
Everything looks better. Clothes. Makeup. I'm very happy. But anticipate another in the later future.
No huge updates besides my nose spit a stitch. I didn't cut it because dir ended falling out on its own after 2 days. Pimples going away now that I switched from vaseline to scar cream 2x a day. The whiteness is the scar cream.
I got Hyalenex done yesterday to dissolve some uneven filler still remaining. No problems there.
Some friends saw. One want a a lip lift herself now. She kept saying how natural I looked.
Btw the scar cream really helps get rid of redness. Bumpiness subsiding also.

This is only over 25 days. I'm not disappointed but I sure hope it fades more. I get to start the scar cream today actually.
Dr. Mascaro told me to stay out of any temp extremes...well I will go snowboarding this winter so I asked him about that. I already went once. Face swelled up (kinda normal for me in the cold though) but warm water made that go down immediately. Dr. Mascaro did his 1 month email follow up which was much appreciated. I'll show him my incision and get his feedback if it is coming along as normal.
So some of the bumps are pimples but some are also the internal sutures dissolving just fyi.